Should rich people pay more tax?

X, I agree that everyone should pay their fare share. But, that should start at the top, if the vice president of the United States was paying less percentage wise in taxes than you or me, then we have a huge problem. That is where we are at right now X, those with the means find ways to avoid paying taxes. I feel we need a very simple flat tax for everyone, no matter how much you make, with NO deductions, or tax breaks. And, anyone moving money over seas would be charged with tax evastion.

Yeah, it's insane how people succeed in deducting tax. I even think countries should further limit the amount of refugees to only political refugees and any other groups shouldn't be granted access to the country. Simple as that.

Yes I do realize that but the fact that 10% already pays 50% means that they can possibly add even more to the total, meaning that the poor are able to pay less tax and thus be able to develop further and thus develop the country. It's like a circle... :) I'd be glad if you'd react. :)

I can't agree more ( or less, whatever the saying should be :)). It happens in other countries as well that the poor get a too heavy load to endure whilst the word endure alone would already be exaggeration. ;)

The last sentence was of course addressed to 'richer' and rich people. My bad.

Here they pay a tax to be able to drive those cars. They have to pay a sales tax.

I see but still the government could set up an environmental tax don't you think?

We shouldn't crush them under a too heavy load. Think about it using a different view an environmental one for instance. Most rich people drive environmental unfriendly cars meaning that they have high pollution rates and we can tax them on that. We shouldn't just tax them without reason.

haha sleep deprevation that should read "therefore it would create larger profits without the write offs and would make them responsible for more taxes. You do realize that made total sense to me while I was typing it lol

You and sense?? Don't even try to make me laugh :DDDD Haha :) Your comments are seriously great and you even have humor :D I like it. cheers.

Most of those write offs are totally nonsense and unfair indeed. I don't understand your last sentence though. Could you please correct that?:) Thanks for your comment, it's quality. :)

I do believe people who are incapable of doing for themselves should be helped. However, I believe that help should come first from their family and the church and afterward the government. While many in the church are very generous, some people seem to think their tax dollars are enough.

Lazy people indeed shouldn't get too much benefit. But people who aren't capable of working should be cared for, do you agree?

The problem is that not everyone is Christian, so wouldn't the church find it weird to donate money or aid to people who are Islamic, Hindustan or people who don't believe in God at all? Just being curious.

What is it about the American dream you don't like?

Most Average Poor Joe's are already having a hard time scraping along giving them an incentive by promising lower tax rates is unfair since they can't always aim higher... Your opinion looks a lot like the American dream of which I am no fan. I have respect for your opinion though. :) Happy mylotting

Because the conditions people live in can sometimes limit their amount of success they have. In other words, you can't blame someone completely for nothing having success.

It is a big problem here in the UK aswel my friend. We have 'incapacity benefits' which is so broad that sometimes it will cover people with minore incapacities like a pain in the back. I think they are clamping Also, as we are both part of the EU there are certain loopholes that people can exploit. For example, I'm not sure if this happens in The Netherlands, but people can come to the UK from Polnd and other new EU member countries, and while here claim beenfits for children they have back in their home country. I am all for the free movement of citizens throughout the EU, but this is unacceptable. If the children require cash benefits, the home country should foot the bill, not us.

I know of Polish construction workers who come here to steal our jobs whilst delivering crap quality at crap prices without decent communication. But I've never heard of them applying for money for their children in Poland. Quite frankly it's shocking to hear how people exploit such possibilities to their own advantage. Seriously I am thinking about voting for Geert Wilder's PVV ( Freedom Party) but he's not going to increase the social security for the people who are incapable of working and that's an important thing to me having some of my family members in that situation.

I think we are on more or less the same frequency as to this subject. I'm happy that you agree on that people who are capable of working but refuse to should deserve nothing. But that's for example one of the biggest problems in our country, a lot of people refuse to work because social security is pretty royal here ( it doesn't mean you can go on vacation often, more often than not it's impossible to go on vacation) compared to other countries so people see my country as a country where you can get money from relaxing, and they send a part of the money to their home country. I am so against this... I mean the money should be spend on the people who want to work but simply can't because they are ill or because they don't have the right education and thus they should receive compensation for willing to be educated and go working again. :)

Sounds like you're talking about the "Fair Tax". I think that's a wonderful idea.

Sounds indeed fair as well but it's important not to implement such changes on autopilot since it is probably still no solution for the poor.

Thanks for agreeing. Do you believe that something needs to change to the tax system and the spending policy of your country?

Yes I think it would be better.

I fully agree with you. I can't wait until everybody gets sick because they can't scrape along meaning that society has to pay for their stubborness not to make sure poor people and hard working people ( whose salary is sometimes very low although they work like beasts) have enough money and chances to earn money themselves.

Paying 400 dollars a month on tax would make me and my mum, and I bet loads of others bankrupt so I doubt whether that's a good idea, or did I just interpret your idea incorrectly?

I dón't want to let rich people pay for me or anyone to feel better. I want that everybody in any country can scrape along with their money and that's mostly not really the case. And if this changes I don't care how much tax the rich pay ( unless I suddenly get rich myself.. :P) because my ideals are realised.

Well, I believe that in my country for example too much people who are able to work but are just lazy get social security which they actually don't deserve. A country cannot economically improve when everybody sits at their sofa with a bag of crisps in their hand. And the people who would like to work but can't work suffer from those lazy people... thanks to them in my country the social security is kept way too low... so I believe they should increase it so either they let those lazy who are able to work do so.. or they would have to let rich people pay more tax... but what they are doing now is let poor people pay relatively more tax... which will lead to more debts and thus more costs... etc... I hope you understand what I mean, my english isn't too good at times. ;)

How is the tax system in the Philippines then? Our tax system is progressive which means indeed it's income based bit still I believe rich people have to pay even more tax. They go on vacation like 2 or 3 times a year if not more. Give them a environmental tax. They have hummers, Ferraris and what not... anyway in my country I feel that they give too much to people that aren't born here... sometimes they don't even speak our language and don't contribute to our country and REFUSE to apply for work...and yet we spoil them? They'd better give more money to the sick and poor here.

Those write offs should be limited as well indeed. It doesn't stimulate economy in fact it has an opposite effect as you mentioned. I'm glad those UK politicians now know they shouldn't declare things like dog food at the cost of just 4 pounds and that kind of bs. So to conclude my post, I can only agree on that one as well. Thanks for your contribution.